US figure skater tells how he missed the crashed plane because of his dog
American figure skater John Maravilla said on January 30 that his dog was the reason he was not allowed on the plane, which then crashed near Washington, DC.
"The agent at the passenger check-in desk told me that my dog was too big to carry," the athlete told the RIA Novosti news agency .
He specified that after talking to the agent decided to go by car.
On the night of January 30, near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington collided passenger plane American Airlines and a military helicopter Blackhawk.
To date, at least 18 bodies of the victims have been found at the site of the plane crash. The search continues. A total of 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the American Airlines plane. There were three military personnel in the helicopter.
US President Donald Trump called the airplane crash that occurred in Washington terrible. He said that the tragedy could have been avoided if the helicopter crew had changed course.
According to preliminary data, there were eight skaters and four coaches on board the American Airlines plane. Earlier it was reported that the bronze medalist of the USSR championship in pairs figure skating and former figure skater Inna Volyanskaya and world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were also on board.
Before that, the U. S. Figure Skating Association (U. S. Figure Skating) confirmed that several figure skaters were on board the plane. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the information that Russian citizens were on board the plane.
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